DCPD-201400747 - Remarks at the Dedication Ceremony for the American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial - DCPD-201400747 | Content Details

DCPD-201400747 - Remarks at the Dedication Ceremony for the American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, dedication ceremony

Subjects: Armed Forces, U.S. : Servicemembers :: Casualties
Armed Forces, U.S. : Servicemembers :: Service and dedication
District of Columbia : American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
Interior, Department of the : Secretary
Veterans Affairs, Department of : Secretary
Veterans : Disabled veterans
Veterans : Service and dedication

Names: Bozik, Jayme; Bozik, Joseph; Halfaker, Dawn; Halfaker, Raice; Jewell, Sarah M.R. "Sally"; McDonald, Robert A.; Naranjo, Michael; Pope, Lois P.; Wilson, Arthur H.

Notes: The President spoke at 12:21 p.m. In his remarks, he referred to Lois P. Pope, cofounder and chairman, and Arthur H. Wilson, cofounder and president, American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial; Santa Fe, NM, resident Michael Naranjo, an Army veteran wounded by a grenade blast during the Vietnam war; and Jayme Bozik, wife of Sgt. Joseph Bozik, USA, a paratrooper in the 82d Airborne Division who lost both of his legs and his right arm from an antitank mine explosion in Iraq in October 2004; and Dawn Halfaker, member of the board of directors, Wounded Warrior Project, and president and chief executive officer, Halfaker & Associates, LLC, and her son Raice.